"star Light, Star Bright--" Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH| Star that gives a gracious dole | A |
| What am I to choose | B |
| Oh will it be a shriven soul | A |
| Or little buckled shoes | B |
| - | |
| Shall I wish a wedding ring | C |
| Bright and thin and round | D |
| Or plead you send me covering | C |
| A newly spaded mound | D |
| - | |
| Gentle beam shall I implore | E |
| Gold or sailing ships | F |
| Or beg I hate forevermore | E |
| A pair of lying lips | F |
| - | |
| Swing you low or high away | G |
| Burn you hot or dim | H |
| My only wish I dare not say | G |
| Lest you should grant me him | H |
Dorothy Parker
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